Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

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He single-handedly saved the Emmy telecast; he's said he'll do it if Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert help; he has that nice, dry English delivery and insider/outsider viewpoint; and he starred in his first feature film, "Ghost Town," this year, which did "meh" enough to be good for some jokes. If the accent's a problem, ABC can run subtitles.

He single-handedly saved the Emmy telecast; he's said he'll do it if Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert help; he has that nice, dry English delivery and insider/outsider viewpoint; and he starred in his first feature film, "Ghost Town," this year, which did "meh" enough to be good for some jokes. If the accent's a problem, ABC can run subtitles. (Ray Burmiston / HBO)

He single-handedly saved the Emmy telecast; he's said he'll do it if Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert help; he has that nice, dry English delivery and insider/outsider viewpoint; and he starred in his first feature film, "Ghost Town," this year, which did "meh" enough to be good for some jokes. If the accent's a problem, ABC can run subtitles.